News

By Shawn Jacobs

Murfreesboro, TN – Check out
http://www.tnphilharmonic.org/
for more on the Tennesse Philharmonic Orchestra and
http://www.vontrappchildren.com/
for more on the famous vonTrapp children.

By Larry Burriss

Murfreesboro, TN – A recent live blow-up on CNN could bring major changes to news coverage.

on Marian McPartland Piano Jazz, Sunday, August 21st, 7:00 p.m.

Recorded at the BBC in London, Marian welcomes jazz's royal couple -- John Dankworth and Cleo Laine. Dankworth made his name as an alto saxophonist, bandleader, and arranger; while his wife, contralto Cleo Laine, is accomplished in opera, lieder, pop music, and jazz. Laine sings McPartland's "In The Days Of Our Love," and the trio gets together for "Lady Be Good."

By Preston MacDougall

Murfreesboro, TN – The veteran newsman will be missed, but not for the reasons many of us may think.

By Randy O'Brien

Murfreesboro, TN – A new movie based on a haunting in Tennessee uses digital moviemaking and distribution.

By Randy O'Brien

Murfreesboro, TN – LEBANON-BASED NOVELIST MICHAEL LEE WEST LOVES CRAZY LADIES. THAT'S THE TITLE OF HER FIRST NOVEL NOW IN PAPERBACK AND A NEW FOLLOW-UP MAD GIRLS IN LOVE.
OUR RANDY O'BRIEN RECENTLY TALKED WITH THE MIDDLE TENNESSEE AUTHOR ABOUT CHARACTERS WITH MINDS OF THEIR OWN AND WHY BITSY WENTWORTH WON'T LEAVE HER ALONE.

By Larry Burriss

Murfreesboro, TN – Is there such a thing as Liberal Talk radio? Comentator Larry Burriss says, yes, there is.

By Preston MacDougall

Murfreesboro, TN – A Tennessee politician changes his mind on a big issue.

On Jazz Profiles, Sunday, August 14th, 5:00 p.m.

Trained in the classical tradition of Franz Liszt, but nurtured on Art Tatum and Nat "King" Cole, Oscar is the standard to which many pianists aspire. This show examines his career from his origins in tough neighborhoods of Montreal, to his work with Norman Granz's Jazz At The Philharmonic, to his influential trio with bassist Ray Brown and guitarist Herb Ellis, to becoming a solo artist. Peterson will celebrate his eightieth birthday on August fifteenth.

By Shawn Jacobs

Murfreesboro, TN – News about jazz from one of the industry up-and-coming vocalists/songwriters.